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I find the MKH 8050 is similar, on paper it seems like it should pick up a lot more than it does, but the off-axis rejection is good with the mic still being really smooth (up until 20K anyway).Anyway I hate terms like reach because it suggests that there's a certain amount the mic can zoom in on or pull sound rather than reject off axis sound. So many videographers online actually seem to believe this, thinking a shotgun mic can magically work from further away because of this intangible principle rather than the off axis sounds being rejected and modern shotgun mics generally being much hotter than an instrument mic.
I find the MKH 8050 is similar, on paper it seems like it should pick up a lot more than it does, but the off-axis rejection is good with the mic still being really smooth (up until 20K anyway).
Anyway I hate terms like reach because it suggests that there's a certain amount the mic can zoom in on or pull sound rather than reject off axis sound. So many videographers online actually seem to believe this, thinking a shotgun mic can magically work from further away because of this intangible principle rather than the off axis sounds being rejected and modern shotgun mics generally being much hotter than an instrument mic.
